cup

See also CUP

English

A cup of tea.

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old English cuppe, from Late Latin cuppa, probably a form of Latin cūpa (“tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (“a hollow”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman cupe, from the same Latin source.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŭp, IPA: /kʌp/, X-SAMPA: /kVp/

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• Rhymes: -ʌp

Noun

cup (plural cups)

1. A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass).

   Pour the tea into the cup.

2. A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces, 1/16 of a US gallon, or 236.5882365 ml.
3. A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

   The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.

4. A contest for which a cup is awarded.

   The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.

5. (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

   The ball just misses the cup.

6. (US) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia. (for UK usage see box)

   Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.

7. One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast, used as a measurement of size.

   The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.

8. (mathematics) The symbol $\cup$ denoting union and similar operations (confer cap.)
9. A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.
10. (ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.
11. A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction (suction cup).

Derived terms

terms derived from cup (noun)

world cup cupcake cup size

egg cup teacup

Coordinate terms

• mug
• pannikin

Descendants

• Japanese: カップ (kappu)
• Korean: 컵 (keop)

Translations

vessel for drinking

• Afrikaans: koppie (af)
• Ainu: イタンキ (itanki), パケㇱ (pakes), トゥキ (tuki)
• Albanian: filxhan (sq) m
• Amharic: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: كأس (ar) (ka’s) m, كوب (ar) (kūb) m, فنجان (ar) (finjān) m

  Egyptian Arabic: فنجان (fengaan) m, فنجال (fengaal) m, كاس (kaas) m, كوباية (kubaaya) f

• Armenian: բաժակ (hy) (bažak)
• Asturian: copa (ast) f, taza (ast) f
• Azeri: fincan (az)
• Bashkir: сынаяҡ (sınayaq)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: чашка (be) (čáška) f
• Bengali: পেয়ালা (bn) (peẏala)
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: чаша (bg) (čášа) f
• Burmese: ခွက် (my) (khwe')
• Catalan: tassa (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎠᎫᎩᏍᏗ (chr) (agugisdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杯子 (cmn) (bēizi)

• Corsican: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: šálek (cs) m, hrnek (cs) m
• Danish: kop (da) c
• Dutch: beker (nl) m, kop (nl) c
• Esperanto: taso (eo)
• Estonian: tass (et)
• Faroese: koppur (fo) m
• Finnish: kuppi (fi)
• French: tasse (fr) f, coupe (fr) f
• Friulian: please add this translation if you can
• Galician: cunca (gl) f, conca (gl) f, copa (gl) f
• Georgian: ფინჯანი (ka) (pinjani)
• German: Tasse (de) f, Becher (de) m, Kelch (de) m
• Greek: φλιτζάνι (el) (flitzáni) n, κούπα (el) (koúpa) f
• Greenlandic: imertarfik (kl)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: כּוֹס (he) (kos) m and f
• Hindi: प्याला (hi) (pyālā) m, कप (hi) (kap) m
• Hungarian: csésze (hu), findzsa (hu)
• Icelandic: bolli (is) m
• Ido: taso (io)
• Indonesian: cangkir (id)
• Interlingue: tasse (ie), cope (ie)
• Irish: cupán (ga) m
• Italian: tazza (it) f, coppa (it) f
• Japanese: カップ (ja) (kappu), , コップ (ja) (koppu), 茶わん (ja) (ちゃわん, chawan)
• Jèrriais: tâsse f, coupe f
• Kalmyk: ааһ (aagh)
• Kazakh: шыны аяқ (kk) (şını ayaq), аяқ (kk) (ayaq)
• Khakas: айах (ayax), чірче (çírçe)
• Khmer: ពែង (km) (pɛɛng)
• Korean: 컵 (ko) (keop)
• Kumyk: пинжан (pincan)
• Kyrgyz: чыны (ky) (çını), чөйчөк (ky) (çöyçok), аяк (ky) (ayaq)
• Lao: ຈອກ (lo) (cöök)
• Latin: cantharus (la) m, pōculum (la) n, calix (la) m
• Latvian: kauss (lv), krūzīte (lv), tase (lv)
• Lithuanian: puodelis (lt) m, puodukas (lt) m
• Lojban: kabri (jbo)

• Luhya: sikombe
• Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: шолја (mk) (šólja) f, филџан (mk) (fíldžan) m, чаша (mk) (čáša) f
• Malay: cangkir (ms), cawan (ms)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: please add this translation if you can
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: аяга (mn) (ajaga)
• Navajo: bee adlání
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: kopp (no)
• Novial: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: tassa (oc) f, copa (oc) f
• Old French: cope f
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: فنجان (fa) (fenjân), پنگان (fa) (pengân)
• Polish: filiżanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: xícara (pt) f, taça (pt) f
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: ceașcă (ro) f
• Romansch: cuppin (rm) m (Rumantsch Grischun), cuppegn (rm) m (Surmiran), coppa (rm) f (Puter), cuppina (rm) f (Vallader), scadiola (rm) f (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), scariola (rm) f (Sutsilvan), tazza (rm) f (Puter, Vallader)
• Russia Buryat: аяга (ajaga)
• Russian: чашка (ru) (čáška) f (with a handle), чаша (ru) (čáša) f, кубок (ru) (kúbok) m (with a stem)
• Scottish Gaelic: cupa (gd) m, copan (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шоља (sh) f, шољица (sh) f, чаша (sh) f, филџан (sh) m

  Roman: šolja (sh) f, šoljica (sh) f, čaša (sh) f, fildžan (sh) m

• Shor: айақ (ayaq)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: šálka (sk) f, hrnček (sk) m
• Slovene: skodelica (sl) f
• Sotho: kopi (st)
• Southern Altai: айак (ayaq), чӧчӧй (çöçöy)
• Spanish: taza (es) f, copa (es) f
• Swahili: kikombe (sw)
• Swedish: kopp (sv) c
• Tagalog: (literally) tasa (tl) n
• Tajik: пиёла (tg) (piyola)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: чашка (tt) (çaşqa), чынаяк (tt) (çınayaq), кәсә (tt) (qäsä), касә (tt) (qasä)
• Thai: ถ้วย (th) (tûay)
• Turkish: fincan (tr), kâse (tr)
• Turkmen: çanak (tk), käse (tk)
• Ukrainian: чашка (uk) (čáška) f
• Urdu: کپ (ur) (kap) m, پیالا (ur) (pyālā) m
• Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
• Uzbek: piyola (uz)
• Vietnamese: chén (vi), (South) ly (vi), tách (vi)
• Volapük: bovül (vo), (coffee) kafabovül (vo), (tea) tiedabovül (vo), (with a handle) gleipedabovül (vo), (sippy, spouted) tirüdülabovül (vo)
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cwpan (cy) m and f
• West Frisian: kop (fy)
• Yakut: сэлиэнэй (selieney), чааскы (çaaskı)

unit of measurement

• Afrikaans: koppie (af)
• Arabic: كُوب (ar) (kuub) m
• Bulgarian: чаша (bg) (čaša) f
• French: tasse (fr) f
• German: Tasse (de) f
• Greek: κούπα (el) (koúpa) f

• Persian: پیمانه (fa) (peymâna)
• Spanish: taza (es) f
• Swahili: kikombe (sw)
• Swedish: kaffekopp (sv) c, kkp (sv)
• West Frisian: kopke

trophy in the shape of an oversized cup

• Armenian: գավաթ (hy) (gavat')
• Asturian: copa (ast) f
• Bulgarian: купа (bg) (kupa) f
• Catalan: copa (ca) f
• Czech: pohár (cs) m
• Danish: pokal (da) c
• Dutch: beker (nl) m
• French: coupe (fr) f
• Galician: copa (gl) f
• German: Pokal (de) m
• Greek: κύπελλο (el) (kýpello) n
• Japanese: カップ (ja) (kappu)
• Latvian: kauss (lv) m
• Lithuanian: taurė (lt) f

• Macedonian: пехар (mk) (péhar) m
• Occitan: copa (oc) f
• Persian: جام (fa) (jâm)
• Polish: puchar (pl) m
• Portuguese: taça (pt) f
• Romanian: cupă (ro) f
• Russian: кубок (ru) (kúbok) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пехар (sh)

  Roman: pehar (sh)

• Spanish: copa (es) f
• Swahili: kikombe (sw)
• Swedish: pokal (sv) c
• Volapük: köp (vo)

contest for which the trophy is awarded

• Armenian: գավաթ (hy) (gavat')
• Bulgarian: купа (bg) (kupa) f
• Czech: pohár (cs) m
• Danish: cup (da) c
• Dutch: bekertoernooi (nl) n
• French: coupe (fr) f
• German: Pokal (de) m, Cup (de) m, Preis (de) m
• Greek: κύπελλο (el) (kýpello) n
• Macedonian: куп (mk) (kup) m
• Polish: puchar (pl) m

• Portuguese: copa (pt) f
• Romanian: cupă (ro) f
• Russian: кубок (ru) (kúbok) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: куп (sh)

  Roman: kup (sh)

• Spanish: copa (es) f
• Swahili: kikombe (sw)
• Swedish: cup (sv) c, pokal (sv) c, turnering (sv) c

part of brassiere

• Bulgarian: чашка (bg) (čaška) f
• Czech: košíček (cs) m
• Danish: skål (da) c
• French: bonnet (fr) m
• German: Körbchen (de) n
• Greek: κούπα (el) (koúpa) f

• Romanian: cupă (ro) f
• Russian: чашечка (ru) (čášečka) f
• Spanish: copa (es) f
• Swahili: kikombe (sw)
• Swedish: kupa (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: filxhan m
• Catalan: tassa f
• Esperanto: taso
• Ewe: kplu n (1)
• Hebrew: כוס (kos) f (1); ספל (sefel) m (1 - for coffee, tea); גביע (gavia) m (3,4)

• Icelandic: bolli
• Italian: tazza f (1), coppa f (3,4,7), conchiglia f (6), ventosa f (11)
• Japanese: カップ (kappu) (1,2,3,4,7)
• Latin: calix m (genitive: calicis)
• Lithuanian: puodukas m
• Persian: فنجان (fenjân)
• Portuguese: caneca f, caneco m, taça f, copa f
• Romanian: ceașcă f, cană f
• Serbo-Croatian: šoljica f (tea cup), šalica f (mug)

Verb

cup (third-person singular simple present cups, present participle cupping, simple past and past participle cupped)

1. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

   Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

2. (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

   He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.
   • Shakespeare

     Cup us, till the world go round.

4. (transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.
5. (transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

   to cup the end of a screw

Translations

form into the shape of a cup

• Swedish: kupa (sv)

hold something in cupped hands

• Swedish: hålla (sv)

Anagrams

• CPU
• PUC
• UPC

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *tˢupa, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-po- (compare Sanskrit śṓpha ‘swelling’), from *ḱuh₁- ‘to swell up’.

Adjective

cup

1. odd (not even)

Synonyms

• tek

Etymology 2

Variant of sup

Noun

cup

1. shoulder

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin caput. Compare Italian capo, Romanian cap, Spanish cabo.

Noun

cup m

1. head

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cup
• IPA: /kɑp/

Noun

cup

1. cup (contest)

Declension

Declension of cup (type risti) singular plural nominative cup cupit genitive cupin cupien partitive cupia cupeja accusative cup cupin cupit inessive cupissa cupeissa elative cupista cupeista illative cupiin cupeihin adessive cupilla cupeilla ablative cupilta cupeilta allative cupille cupeille essive cupina cupeina translative cupiksi cupeiksi instructive – cupein abessive cupitta cupeitta comitative – cupeineen

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Lojban

Rafsi

cup

1. rafsi of clupa.